For multi species cropping, she uses various plants such as elephant foot yam, banana, groundnut, pineapple, sweet potato, green chilly, tube rose, gladiolus, marigold and green vegetables.Over the years, Chellammal encouraged other farmers to adopt organic farming.Expressing gratitude to the Centre for selecting for the Padma Shri award, she told PTI that after getting the first phone call from the government, she thought it was a prank.”I live in a remote village and that too in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Why will someone confer me with such a prestigious award? I was confused but later, someone from the Andaman administration told me that I was really awarded with the Padma Shri,” she said.
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